Bikini Barista Band Quickie Sets World Record

Seattle pop-punk band Quickie has set a World Record by playing 44 shows in a single day! Billed as the “40 Quickies in One Night” tour, the exhausting stunt had the band dragging their equipment from door to door, city to city, to perform a single song at each venue. The effort attracted the interest of local media, as well as the diverse communities of the greater Seattle area.“The response was fantastic and we really fed off the crowd’s energy ,” confesses bass-player and Quickie front man Lou Trez. “Playing 44 clubs from Everett to Lake City to Fremont to Pioneer Square — in one day — will give you a great snapshot of where we live. This is our story, but it became clear early on that it was their story too.”

In Lake City, a Seattle suburb, Quickie were welcomed with thunderous applause by the enthusiastic Rimrock crowd, who even created a banner in honor of the band’s visit to the self-proclaimed ‘dive bar.’ “Quickie #16,” they bragged.

At Mr. Villa’s Mexican restaurant, the concerned staff offered up chips, salsa and much needed water for the thirsty band, driver, and roadies.

Quickie played Tony V’s in Everett, and Tony himself followed the band from show to show, along with a television news camera-crew.

And at 11 o’clock that night, street-corner hot-dog vendor Pedro greeted the band by saying “we’ve been waiting for you!”

The band fell a little behind on the journey, as you might expect. Regretfully, Quickie had to make a command decision and drop a few shows to get the band back on track to it’s promised final performance at the Central. “We always called it the 40 Quickies in One Night tour, and we delivered 44 shows,” says Trez. “Pretty damn good and a new World Record!”

The guys had gotten plenty of rehearsal in by the time they hit the stage at the historic Central, Seattle’s oldest saloon and host to Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and other Northwest icons. “We played a longer set there… I don’t know… six or seven songs. Great audience! We could’ve played longer, but our drummer fell asleep. (laughs) I’m kidding! It was a crazy day, but we did it!”

Jordan (or should I say apollo c vermouth?), I’ve had one job as an Internet editor (2008-2009), where I edited and posted more than 2,500 reviews by other writers, an average of 6 per day, seven days per week. It paid 5¢ a word. The experience convinced me that a first-rate online editor, which I was, deserves to be paid at least 10¢ a word. As I understand it, that’s 10¢ a word more than Blogcritics pays. And, as Robert Blake used to say as Baretta, “That’s the name of that tune.”

Jordan Richardson

Gordon and Alan, I can assure you that the only name I post under here is my real name. Sorry to disappoint.

Jordan (#8), I realize that. Yesterday on another thread I had a spot of fun pretending that you were pseudonymously attacking me by posting as some fool called apollo c vermouth. It had everybody going for a while, too. Rest assured, Glen Boyd and zingzing sprang to your defense. But one of BC’s skittish comments editors failed to get the joke and deleted several dozen posts that you’d have probably enjoyed. C’est la guerre.

So, just out of curiosity, and since we apparently share the same backyard, who exactly are you? Your blog link here leads to a dead link, so that didn’t help. Mostly, I’m just wondering if we don’t already know each other….

I’m not sure if I have met you or not. I’m in Tacoma area. If you are fan of the Northwest Music Scene on Facebook, then it is possible but then again, there 12,600 fans there…LOL
Also, not exactly sure what’s up with the link.